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London: Hutchinson, 1993. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Purple boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 375pps. First Printing (full numberline). There is a bit of faint dustspotting to the closed page-edges and the text is slightly and uniformly yellowed due to the acid content of the paper (endemic to this title). Otherwise clean, square, and tight. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a touch of crinkling at the top of the front panel; the original price is intact. A very nice, presentable copy; the 6th book in the Redwall series. ".A shadow has fallen on the shore of the Eastern sea, a shadow called Marshank. In this cold stone fortress a stoat named Badrang holds dozens of innocent creatures as slaves, part of his scheme to build an empire where he will rule as unquestioned tyrant. Among those slaves is a mouse named Martin who has a warrior's heart, and a burning desire for freedom -- freedom not ony for himself, but for… Read More

New York: Dutton, 1954. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Black boards quarterbound in yellow cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt and black; the front panel in gilt. Octavo. 254pps. Stated First Edition, as required. There is a touch of wear to the cloth at the head of the spine and a couple of tips are gently rubbed. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a loss of much of the top 1" of the spine panel (does not affect any lettering); there is more modest rubbing wear and chipping to the extremities; the original price (3.50) is intact. A nice copy of this early Vidal title.<br><br><font color=#003366><b> "Brain washing has become a recognized weapon; will soul washing come next? Will all the isms besetting humanity drive it into the arms of the new Messiah? Can television, advertising copy and high pressure publicity by exploiting man's inward religious urge lead him to… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2001. As New in rich blue leather, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised bands on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Octavo. Salmon-colored silk moire endpapers and a, sewn in, matching ribbon bookmark. [iii] + 182pps. A flawless, collector's quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. This copy is one of 1,075 copies SIGNED by the author on a limitation page. With a full-color frontispiece by Vincent Di Fate. Laid in are the notes about 'The Millennium Blues' and the Easton Press certificate of authenticity. ".James Gunn portrays a volatile world confronting an immensely symbolic change -- the end of the millennium. Six characters, their inner and outer lives in turmoil, struggle through the millennial year and meet the future at an exclusive New Year's Eve 2001 End-of-the-World Party ('come dressed as your favorite catastrophe'). Gripping and thought provoking, 'The Millennium Blues'… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1953. Fine in a Good dustjacket. Bound in full, light blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 278pps., with numerous black-and-white drawings by Peake. There is very mild rubbing to the tips and the spine-ends, and a small and faint spot to the fore-edge, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a large chip at the bottom of the front panel, a loss of the top 1/4" of the spine panel, and a tear -- mostly closed -- in the middle of the spine. The original price is intact. In short, an excellent copy in a flawed jacket which, with the exception of the large chip, would be graded a Very Good. A scarce and somewhat bawdy title by the author and artist better known for his 'Gormenghast Trilogy,' published between the second and third volumes of that magnum opus. "...One fair summer's day, dapper and smiling, equipped with luggage sufficient for a longish stay, Mr. Pye… Read More

New York: Berkley / Putnam's, 1975. [1975]. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full red cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 217pps. There is mild rubbing and bumping to the lower tips and to the heel of the spine, a very slight lean to the spine, and the pages (as is common with this title) are faintly tanned. Otherwise clean and soundly bound. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has modest wear at the extremities, including a small, closed tear at the upper rear tip; the original price (6.95) is intact. A nice copy of this uncommon, earlier Koontz -- and one of his first titles in hardcover. The author's last pure science-fiction novel. ".One hundred thousand years in the future -- mankind long ago made its first interstellar flights, encountered alien races, and discovered that its own place in the hierarchy of intelligent beings is about where the goldfish ranks on earth. Unable to cope with this clear inferiority, stunned… Read More

PA: The Franklin Library, 1986. In Near Fine condition. Bound in full, rich brown leather, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised hubs on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Decorative endpapers and a sewn-in silk ribbon bookmark. 519pps. There are slight touches of flecking to the gilt, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Includes a special introduction by Theroux that is not in the trade issue. ".Welcome to the America of the 21st century. The O-Zone is a forbidding land of nuclear waste, mutants, and aliens. Except for one place that is a beautiful oasis amidst the destruction. When two aliens are shot that look suspiciously human, Hooper Allbright, disurbed by the memories of those he once loved, goes back down into the O-Zone to try to reach the people he lost, though they may be unreachable by now." Purchase with… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1971. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in green and black. Octavo. 232pps. Stated First Edition. There is a slight lean to the spine and faint dustspotting to the top-edge. Also, there is very light foxing to the endpapers. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has modest edgewear, a faintly sunned spine, and a smudge near the top of the rear panel; the original price is intact.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "...Steven Matucheck is a werewolf. Virginia Graylock is a witch. And between meeting, marrying and raising a family, they find themselves involved with all sorts of specialized evils: pushing back alien invaders, battling a fire-breathing monster, and even struggling to save each other from a romantic but foul spirit. In each adventure Matucheck becomes more and more… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dutton, 1990. [1990]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Red boards quarterbound in beige cloth. The spine is stamped in black. Octavo. 150pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price (13.95) is intact. SIGNED, dated (21 March, 1993), and inscribed by the multiple award-winning author to the original owner on the title-page. Volume 5 of The Vesper Holly Adventures.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Spirited Vesper Holly has crossed mountains on camelback and narrowly escaped earthquakes. But even she is surprised when President Ulysses S. Grant appears on her doorstep and asks for her help. Notables from around the world have come to Philadelphia for the Centennial Exposition of 1876. Also attendance, however, is the notorious, evil Dr. Helvetius.… Read More

Houston, TX, U.S.A.: Tafford Publishing, Incorporated, 1989. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Pebbled black boards. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. 187pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a small crease at the bottom of the front flap; otherwise as new. The original price (19.95), as issued, is at the bottom of the rear panel. A beautiful copy of a scarce title. ".'Pornucopia' is a picaresque black comedy that transgresses all bounds of everyday good taste. It begins in a near-future world where sex-vending machines and genital transplants are taken for granted. Prior Gross, the hero and sex object of this wild adventure, thinks his fantasies have all come true when a beautiful young woman seduces him on a public beach. She turns out to be a succubus, beginning his initiation into a realm… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1984. In Fine condition. Bound in full green morocco, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised bands on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Octavo, with salmon silk moire endpapers and a, sewn-in, matching ribbon bookmark. 440pps. There is a slight waviness to the bottom edge of the first several pages (as if from dampness); this flaw is unobtrusive and quite minimal. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. An excellent copy. Full-color frontispiece by Michael Hague. Includes a large, folded map of Rohan, Gondor and Mordor -- laid in. ".As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and takes part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escape into Fangorn… Read More

New York: New York University Press, 1968. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic red. Octavo. [xii] + 211pps. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends and a brief gift inscription is penned on the ffep. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light touches of rubbing and crinkling at the extremities; the original price is intact. Includes thirteen short stories by Gor, Rosokhvatsky, Podolny, Dnieprov, Voisunsky & Lukodyanov, Bulichev, Yarov, Emtsov & Parnov, Zhuravleva, Varshavsky, Safronov, and Bakhnov. Translated into English by Helen Jacobson. Also includes an Introduction by the editor. "...Here is a new collection of Soviet science fiction that is calculated to delight and entertain the reader as much as to reflect the current temper of Soviet society. These are the livliest and best written of Soviet output, and they show that the science fiction genre has finally come of age in… Read More

London: Hutchinson, 1992. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Gray boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 391pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is lightly crinkled at the extremities with a small nick at the upper rear tip.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "When the mountain stronghold of Salamandastron, ruled under the iron paw of the badger lord Urthstripe the Strong, is besieged by the ruthless weasel Ferhago the Assassin, the destinies of five creatures become intertwined: Samkin and Arula from Redwall Abbey, Mara and Pikkle of Salamandastron, and Klitch, son of Ferhago. Why did Martin The Warrior's sword fall from the Abbey roof? Will Thrugg and Dumble find the flowers of Icetor in time to stop the raging fever sweeping the Abbey? Who is the white badger? And can the good creatures triumph over the villainous… Read More

New York: Crestwood Publishing, Prize Science-Fiction, 1941. Very Good+ in colorful wraps, digest-sized. (25 cents, #11) 120pps. There is some minor rubbing and creasing to the rear wrap. The pages are yellowed. Also, the original owner's namestamp, small and tidy, is on the inside of the front wrap as well as the title-page. Otherwise clean, tight, and square. A very nice copy with a cover that is essentially flawless. ".When the first flight to Saturn crashes on an alien moon, the Robinson Crusoe of space clothes himself in the laws of a strange science to win a new world!." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition, First Printing. Original Wraps.

New York: McBride, 1929. Very Good in the publisher's black cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in gilt (still brilliant). Quarto. Red topstain. Decorative endpapers. xxi, 376pps., plus 12 tipped-in, tissue-guarded, full-page plates and numerous smaller illustrations by Pape. No dustjacket. Stated First Impression of the First Illustrated Edition (published two years after the original). There is modest bumping and rubbing wear to the cloth, particularly at the extremities. A faint touch of mottling to the topstain. Also, both hinges are cracked, with the webbing revealed; the binding is, nonetheless, sound with all pages intact. Otherwise clean and bright; no previous ownership markings. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition. Cloth. Illus. by Pape, Frank C..

New York: Villard, 1996. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Blue and black paper-covered boards. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Gold endpapers. 408pp. This copy is first issue and meets all points: page 16, line 12, reads 'karstic' instead of 'karst.' and page 95, second paragraph, has 'thirty two feet per second' instead of the corrected 'thirty two feet per second per second.' There is mild bumping to the heel of the spine and the book has a small remainder dot. Otherwise: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is lightly rubbed and has a few faint scratchings; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...'The Sparrow', an astonishing literary debut, takes you on a journey to a distant planet and to the center of the human… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1965. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 274pps. Stated First Edition. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends, a soil-mark on the edge of the ffep., some light, general reading wear, and a binding that is slightly shaken, though sound, with all pages intact. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is slightly rubbed and has modest wear at the extremities; the original price (4.50) is intact. A nice, collector's-quality copy.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "The long-legged, slightly forward-leaning body, 150 centimeters tall, its chest as deep and waist as spare as a greyhound's, the counterbalancing tail never quite at rest.is that of Cynbe ru Taren, Intellect Master of the Garden of War -- the Alerion aristocrat standing between ex-navy Captain Gunnar Heim and the hope of New Europe. Gunnar knows that the New European outpost… Read More

Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing, 1949. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full brown cloth. The spine is stamped in dark brown. Octavo. 192pps. There is light shelfwear including mild bumping to the spine-ends, otherwise overall clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has shallow chipping at the extremities as well as toning and a soil-mark on the rear panel; the original price is intact. A nice copy. "...Recounts the mystery of the arrival on Earth of a space ship from a distant planet, bringing strange creatures whose tremendous knowledge has made possible travel across the star-ocean. When the interplanetary ship, which has buried itself deep into the desert sands of Arizona, is recovered by the tireless work of engineers, Professor Brandon discovers inside the space vessel the Stellarites, encased in containers in a state of suspended animation. Here then is the secret of space travel...but can our scientists… Read More

New York: Putnam's, 1961. [1961]. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full green cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Green topstain. 408pps. There is very light rubbing to the edges of the cloth and faint tanning to either free endpage, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The pages are immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. Includes the first-issue point of 'C22' at the bottom of page 408. The first-state dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve and with none of the usual spine-fading, has a long crease along the bottom of the front panel and moderate general wear at the folds and the extremities including shallow chipping, a couple of closed tears, and touches of rubbing; the original price (4.50) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of this high spot of Science Fiction literature. This classic was the winner of the 1962 Hugo Award.<br><br> "Not since the publication of Philip Wylie's… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1997. First Printing. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Dark blue boards quarterbound in navy-blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 326pps. There is very mild rubbing to the lower board-edges and a small remainder dot atop the textblock, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. "...The universe has broken wide, and Lyra's friend lies dead. Desperate for answers and set on revenge, Lyra bursts into a new world in pursuit of his killer. Instead, she finds Will, just twelve years old and already a murderer himself. He's on a quest as fierce as Lyra's, and together they strike out into this sunlit otherworld. On this journey marked by danger, Will and Lyra forge ahead. But with every step and each new horror, they move closer to the greatest threat of all -- and the shattering truth of their own destiny..." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and… Read More

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1967. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Blue-green boards. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in blue. Light blue endpapers. 256pps. Stated First Edition. There is mild rubbing wear to the extremities and a neatly penned gift inscription on the ffep, otherwise fine: clean, tight, square and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear. The price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is lightly soiled and sundarkened and there is modest chipping at the extremities. A 1" closed tear is at the top of the rear jacket fold. Simply SIGNED by the author on the title-page. A very nice (and scarce) collector's-quality copy.<br><br><b><font color= #003366> "<big>A</big> profound and enriching experience for all young readers, this stirring fourth book of the Prydain cycle is in keeping with the distinguished literary standards of the previous three books. Here Taran goes… Read More